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Wind eases on California fire lines
Dec 4 2006 11:56PM (CT)
MOORPARK, Calif. (AP) - The desert winds that stoked a destructive wildfire diminished Monday, easing the threat from flames in this Southern California city where the blaze gutted five homes.
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Wind eases on California fire lines
Dec 4 2006 11:56PM (CT)
MOORPARK, Calif. (AP) - The desert winds that stoked a destructive wildfire diminished Monday, easing the threat from flames in this Southern California city where the blaze gutted five homes.
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Wind eases on California fire lines
Dec 4 2006 11:56PM (CT)
MOORPARK, Calif. (AP) - The desert winds that stoked a destructive wildfire diminished Monday, easing the threat from flames in this Southern California city where the blaze gutted five homes.
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Wind eases on California fire lines
Dec 4 2006 11:56PM (CT)
MOORPARK, Calif. (AP) - The desert winds that stoked a destructive wildfire diminished Monday, easing the threat from flames in this Southern California city where the blaze gutted five homes.
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Wind eases on California fire lines
Dec 4 2006 11:56PM (CT)
MOORPARK, Calif. (AP) - The desert winds that stoked a destructive wildfire diminished Monday, easing the threat from flames in this Southern California city where the blaze gutted five homes.
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Wind eases on California fire lines
Dec 4 2006 11:56PM (CT)
MOORPARK, Calif. (AP) - The desert winds that stoked a destructive wildfire diminished Monday, easing the threat from flames in this Southern California city where the blaze gutted five homes.
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Pittsburgh mayor announces candidacy
Dec 4 2006 11:52PM (CT)
PITTSBURGH (AP) - The city's 26-year-old mayor announced Monday that he will run for the job he's held since the previous mayor died in office in September.
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La. man charged with 9 more killings
Dec 4 2006 11:47PM (CT)
HOUMA, La. (AP) - A man has confessed to strangling or suffocating 23 men during an eight-year killing spree and dumping their bodies in remote spots in seven parishes, police said.
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La. man charged with 9 more killings
Dec 4 2006 11:47PM (CT)
HOUMA, La. (AP) - A man has confessed to strangling or suffocating 23 men during an eight-year killing spree and dumping their bodies in remote spots in seven parishes, police said.
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La. man charged with 9 more killings
Dec 4 2006 11:47PM (CT)
HOUMA, La. (AP) - A man has confessed to strangling or suffocating 23 men during an eight-year killing spree and dumping their bodies in remote spots in seven parishes, police said.
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La. man charged with 9 more killings
Dec 4 2006 11:47PM (CT)
HOUMA, La. (AP) - A man has confessed to strangling or suffocating 23 men during an eight-year killing spree and dumping their bodies in remote spots in seven parishes, police said.
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La. man charged with 9 more killings
Dec 4 2006 11:47PM (CT)
HOUMA, La. (AP) - A man has confessed to strangling or suffocating 23 men during an eight-year killing spree and dumping their bodies in remote spots in seven parishes, police said.
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La. man charged with 9 more killings
Dec 4 2006 11:47PM (CT)
HOUMA, La. (AP) - A man has confessed to strangling or suffocating 23 men during an eight-year killing spree and dumping their bodies in remote spots in seven parishes, police said.
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La. man charged with 9 more killings
Dec 4 2006 11:47PM (CT)
HOUMA, La. (AP) - A man has confessed to strangling or suffocating 23 men during an eight-year killing spree and dumping their bodies in remote spots in seven parishes, police said.
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La. man charged with 9 more killings
Dec 4 2006 11:47PM (CT)
HOUMA, La. (AP) - A man has confessed to strangling or suffocating 23 men during an eight-year killing spree and dumping their bodies in remote spots in seven parishes, police said.
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Hundreds honor victims of Mo. fire
Dec 4 2006 11:44PM (CT)
ANDERSON, Mo. (AP) - More than 200 people braved freezing temperatures Monday night to honor the victims of a fire that killed 10 people at a southwest Missouri group home for the elderly and mentally ill.
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Cuban exiles call for eased restrictions
Dec 4 2006 11:41PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Twenty organizations representing Cuban exiles called on the U.S. government Monday to relax travel restrictions for Cuban-Americans who want to visit family on the island nation and to permit Americans to send humanitarian aid.
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3 members of missing family found alive
Dec 4 2006 11:28PM (CT)
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) - Three members of a San Francisco family missing for more than a week were found alive Monday along a snowy, treacherous roadway in southwestern Oregon, police said. A search continued for the father.
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Not guilty plea in Hollywood wiretapping
Dec 4 2006 11:26PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A former phone company employee pleaded not guilty Monday to charges of lying to FBI agents and a federal grand injury investigating wiretapping allegations against Hollywood private investigator Anthony Pellicano.
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Accused sheriff takes oath of office
Dec 4 2006 11:20PM (CT)
COLUMBUS, N.C. (AP) - A small town police chief who won his campaign for sheriff despite being charged mid-race with raping two young girls nearly 20 years ago was sworn into office Monday.
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Mason drops NYC Jews for Jesus lawsuit
Dec 4 2006 10:29PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Comedian Jackie Mason on Monday dropped a lawsuit in which he claimed the missionary group Jews for Jesus damaged him when it used his name and likeness in a pamphlet.
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Jurors screened in Ga. debutante's death
Dec 4 2006 10:28PM (CT)
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - Jury selection began Monday for the murder trial of three black men accused of killing a white 19-year-old the night of her debutante ball.
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U.S.: Secrecy bars ACLU lawsuit
Dec 4 2006 10:26PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - The Bush administration asked a federal appeals court Monday to toss out a lawsuit challenging a warrantless surveillance program, saying the government can't defend itself without revealing national secrets.
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Courthouse shooting suspect faces trial
Dec 4 2006 10:13PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - A man accused of killing four people in a shooting spree that started inside a courthouse will go to trial next month as planned, a judge ruled Monday, rejecting a defense request for more time.
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Judge awards $2.2M in Astor legal fees
Dec 4 2006 10:12PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The judge who heard the fight over the estate and care of philanthropist Brooke Astor awarded lawyers in the case more than $2.2 million Monday rather than what he called the "staggering" $3.04 million they sought.
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Town restores Jesus to nativity scene
Dec 4 2006 10:11PM (CT)
1 ST. ALBANS, W.Va. (AP) - Baby Jesus will be in the manger for Christmas after all, even if Mary and Joseph won't be there to coo.
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Panel discusses Atlanta police shooting
Dec 4 2006 10:11PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Civil rights leaders, clergy and city officials met Monday with residents of a northwest Atlanta neighborhood to discuss how to ease tensions between them and police after officers serving a warrant killed an elderly woman at her home.
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E. coli in N.J. is linked to Taco Bell
Dec 4 2006 9:37PM (CT)
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, N.J. (AP) - An E. coli outbreak that has sickened at least 22 people _ two of them seriously _ was linked by health investigators Monday to three Taco Bell restaurants in New Jersey. Investigators also were examining whether an outbreak of 14 cases on Long Island was connected to the fast-food chain.
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Extra checks on voting machines rejected
Dec 4 2006 9:28PM (CT)
GAITHERSBURG, Md. (AP) - A federal advisory panel on Monday rejected a recommendation that states use only voting machines that produced results which could be independently verified.
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Sailor pleads guilty to espionage
Dec 4 2006 8:47PM (CT)
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - A sailor accused of stealing a Navy laptop and peddling its classified contents to an undisclosed foreign government pleaded guilty Monday to espionage, desertion and other charges.
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NY nears ban on trans fat
Dec 4 2006 8:47PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Health nuts, food lovers and the worldwide restaurant industry are closely watching the Big Apple, where the board of health is poised to approve the nation's first ban on trans fats.
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More charges in Chicago police probe
Dec 4 2006 8:31PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Three police officers were charged Monday in a probe into allegations of officers shaking down drug suspects, and authorities tacked on additional charges for three other officers indicted earlier.
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Va. death row inmate's execution delayed
Dec 4 2006 8:11PM (CT)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Gov. Timothy M. Kaine on Monday postponed the execution of a man convicted of killing three neighbors to allow more time to review claims the condemned inmate is mentally retarded and insane.
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Va. death row inmate's execution delayed
Dec 4 2006 8:09PM (CT)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Gov. Timothy M. Kaine on Monday postponed the execution of a man convicted of killing three neighbors to allow more time to review claims the condemned inmate is mentally retarded and insane.
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Wind eases on California fire lines
Dec 4 2006 7:50PM (CT)
MOORPARK, Calif. (AP) - The desert winds that stoked a destructive wildfire diminished Monday, easing the threat from flames in this Southern California city where the blaze gutted five homes.
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2 in Calif. court on nut-theft charges
Dec 4 2006 7:39PM (CT)
SACRAMENTO (AP) - Two men suspected of masterminding a $2 million almond theft ring in California's Central Valley were arraigned Monday on felony charges of receiving stolen property.
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2 in Calif. court on nut-theft charges
Dec 4 2006 7:39PM (CT)
SACRAMENTO (AP) - Two men suspected of masterminding a $2 million almond theft ring in California's Central Valley were arraigned Monday on felony charges of receiving stolen property.
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2 in Calif. court on nut-theft charges
Dec 4 2006 7:39PM (CT)
SACRAMENTO (AP) - Two men suspected of masterminding a $2 million almond theft ring in California's Central Valley were arraigned Monday on felony charges of receiving stolen property.
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Lawmaker: Let pilots return from Brazil
Dec 4 2006 7:36PM (CT)
GARDEN CITY, N.Y. (AP) - Two pilots involved in a deadly midair collision with a commercial jetliner over the Amazon should be allowed to leave Brazil while officials investigate the disaster, a congressman said Monday.
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Boston considers checks on bouncers
Dec 4 2006 7:34PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Bouncers in bars and nightclubs in this city would undergo background checks and mandatory training under a proposed law named for a Boston woman killed in New York City earlier this year.
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Boston considers checks on bouncers
Dec 4 2006 7:34PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Bouncers in bars and nightclubs in this city would undergo background checks and mandatory training under a proposed law named for a Boston woman killed in New York City earlier this year.
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Utah man guilty in 5-year-old's death
Dec 4 2006 7:18PM (CT)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A man pleaded guilty Monday to kidnapping and smothering a 5-year-old neighbor whose body was stored in his cellar while hundreds of people searched for her.
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Utah man guilty in 5-year-old's death
Dec 4 2006 7:18PM (CT)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A man pleaded guilty Monday to kidnapping and smothering a 5-year-old neighbor whose body was stored in his cellar while hundreds of people searched for her.
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Evacuations follow Ill. train derailment
Dec 4 2006 7:18PM (CT)
CHRISTOPHER, Ill. (AP) - A Union Pacific freight train derailed in southern Illinois early Monday, spilling 20,000 gallons of oil products and forcing the evacuation of more than 70 homes.
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'Hitler youth' protest buttons contested
Dec 4 2006 7:16PM (CT)
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - The parents of two students threatened with suspension for donning buttons depicting Hitler youth are suing, claiming the boys' free speech rights were violated.
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Ill. train derails, spills oil products
Dec 4 2006 7:14PM (CT)
CHRISTOPHER, Ill. (AP) - A Union Pacific freight train derailed in southern Illinois early Monday, spilling 20,000 gallons of oil products and forcing the evacuation of more than 70 homes.
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Chill slows storm recovery in Midwest
Dec 4 2006 6:54PM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - People slept among strangers and browsed a little longer in lighted bookstores during their search for warm surroundings Monday, the fifth day of a blackout caused by a winter storm.
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Trucker convicted in immigrants' deaths
Dec 4 2006 6:26PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - A truck driver was convicted Monday in the deaths of 19 illegal immigrants crammed into a sweltering tractor-trailer in the deadliest human smuggling attempt in U.S. history.
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Bush accepts Bolton's U.N. resignation
Dec 4 2006 6:24PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Lacking the votes to keep his job, embattled U.N. Ambassador John Bolton said Monday he would resign, a defeat for a chagrined President Bush who had clung to hopes of Senate confirmation.
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Trial for Mom accused of swinging baby
Dec 4 2006 5:41PM (CT)
ERIE, Pa. (AP) - A woman accused of using her 4-week-old son as a weapon during a fight with her boyfriend, fracturing his skull, was ordered Monday to stand trial.
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Baby treated for high blood-alcohol
Dec 4 2006 5:33PM (CT)
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - A 2-month-old girl was in good condition Monday after being hospitalized with a blood-alcohol level more than four times the legal limit for an adult driver, police said.
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Ga. senator's wife fights deportation
Dec 4 2006 5:06PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - State Sen. Curt Thompson has been a strong advocate of immigration rights, once speaking in Spanish from the steps of the Georgia Capitol against the adoption of some of the nation's strictest immigration controls.
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Suspect in PlayStation 3 robbery killed
Dec 4 2006 5:03PM (CT)
WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) - A young man accused of robbing a fellow college student of two new Playstation 3 video game consoles was shot and killed _ possibly while holding a game controller, his roommate said _ by officers sent to arrest him.
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Group sues R.I. college over signs
Dec 4 2006 4:14PM (CT)
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A group of students sued Rhode Island College on Monday, accusing it of violating their free speech rights by taking down signs that read, "Keep Your Rosaries Off Our Ovaries."
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Kan. governor to lead governors assn.
Dec 4 2006 3:58PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sibelius will assume the chairmanship of the Democratic Governors Association next year as the party enjoys its first gubernatorial majority in 12 years, officials said Monday.
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N.Y. shooting probe moves forward
Dec 4 2006 3:47PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - For the first time, investigators with the district attorney's office Monday interviewed two wounded survivors of the 50-bullet barrage by police that killed a man as he left his bachelor party, the men's lawyer said.
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Images show Padilla in chains, goggles
Dec 4 2006 3:24PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Photographs of alleged al-Qaida operative Jose Padilla wearing chains, noise-blocking headphones and blacked-out goggles have been seized on by his lawyers as evidence he was subjected to harsh treatment while in military custody as an enemy combatant.
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L.A. mayor names interim fire chief
Dec 4 2006 3:23PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The mayor appointed the first black to lead the city's fire department Monday after the previous chief resigned amid a furor involving a black firefighter who was fed spaghetti mixed with dog food.
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L.A. mayor names interim fire chief
Dec 4 2006 3:23PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The mayor appointed the first black to lead the city's fire department Monday after the previous chief resigned amid a furor involving a black firefighter who was fed spaghetti mixed with dog food.
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Florida panthers rebounding
Dec 4 2006 2:30PM (CT)
FLORIDA PANTHER NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, Fla. (AP) - Schoolteacher Theresa Ryan sensed an eerie presence behind her as she sat at a picnic table at her boyfriend's rural home. Then she heard the breathing.
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Campaign fights Miss. stereotypes
Dec 4 2006 2:24PM (CT)
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - For Mississippian Rick Looser, the last straw came on an airline flight a couple of years ago when a 12-year-old Connecticut boy sitting next to him asked: "Do you still see the KKK on the streets every day?"
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Texas cheerleader dies in murder-suicide
Dec 4 2006 1:58PM (CT)
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) - A 20-year-old college cheerleader was shot to death in her apartment by an obsessed ex-boyfriend, who then killed himself, authorities said.
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Wyo. senator out of hospital
Dec 4 2006 1:30PM (CT)
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - Sen. Craig Thomas returned to work Monday, about a month earlier than originally planned, after undergoing treatment for leukemia.
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Carbon monoxide kills 1, sickens 5
Dec 4 2006 12:52PM (CT)
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) - One person died from carbon monoxide poisoning and five others were hospitalized Monday after a pickup truck was left running inside a garage, fire officials said.
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Nagin picks director for recovery office
Dec 4 2006 12:49PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - More than 15 months after Hurricane Katrina, Mayor Ray Nagin on Monday tapped a leading regional planner and disaster recovery expert to head a new city recovery office.
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High school senior wins scholarship
Dec 4 2006 12:21PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A high school senior from Oregon won a $100,000 scholarship at one of the nation's premier high school science competitions on Monday for his research in a new area of mathematics called string topology.
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Nurses picket two Las Vegas hospitals
Dec 4 2006 11:55AM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Nurses picketed Monday at two hospitals that union official said had locked them out, despite calls by top elected officials for continued talks to avoid a strike that could affect thousands of people.
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Bush accepts Bolton's U.N. resignation
Dec 4 2006 11:48AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Unable to win Senate confirmation, U.N. Ambassador John Bolton will step down when his temporary appointment expires within weeks, the White House said Monday.
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Md. farm seized; sick, dead horses found
Dec 4 2006 10:05AM (CT)
SHARPSBURG, Md. (AP) - Animal control authorities have seized a 35-acre farm, saying they found dozens of horses dead or dying from illness and maltreatment.
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Courts ponder value of man's best friend
Dec 4 2006 8:27AM (CT)
NORTHFIELD, Vt. (AP) - When Denis and Sarah Scheele's dog was fatally shot after wandering onto a man's property, they sued _ and not just for damages. The couple also wanted compensation for their emotional distress and loss of companionship.
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Courts ponder value of man's best friend
Dec 4 2006 8:27AM (CT)
NORTHFIELD, Vt. (AP) - When Denis and Sarah Scheele's dog was fatally shot after wandering onto a man's property, they sued _ and not just for damages. The couple also wanted compensation for their emotional distress and loss of companionship.
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Courts ponder value of man's best friend
Dec 4 2006 8:27AM (CT)
NORTHFIELD, Vt. (AP) - When Denis and Sarah Scheele's dog was fatally shot after wandering onto a man's property, they sued _ and not just for damages. The couple also wanted compensation for their emotional distress and loss of companionship.
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Philly newspapers reach tentative pact
Dec 4 2006 7:03AM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The largest union at Philadelphia's two biggest newspapers has reached a tentative agreement with management on non-economic issues of a contract after a second day of marathon negotiations, union officials said early Monday.
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Immigrants face mental health stigma
Dec 4 2006 4:15AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Omeed Popal's parents knew their son wasn't well. He heard voices, believed people were trying to kill him and falsely confessed to his boss that he'd stabbed someone.
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RF Micro to sell Bluetooth division
Dec 4 2006 3:40AM (CT)
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) - RF Micro Devices Inc., which makes chips for cell phones and wireless networking devices, has agreed to sell its Bluetooth assets for $39 million in cash to Qualcomm Inc., the company announced early Monday.
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Virus sickens over 380 on cruise ship
Dec 4 2006 1:53AM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - More than 380 passengers and crew aboard the world's largest cruise ship were sickened by a virus during a seven-day Caribbean cruise, cruise officials said Sunday.
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